yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikemases:
CES is just round the corner, and something else after that I think? I'm holding out to see whether Samsung's planning an SIII for this half of the year. We've already seen a supposed leaked shot taken from a device with the product code i9500 from inside a Samsung office.... It seems fairly probable that we'll see something by February as we have for the last 2 years. What are other peoples thoughts?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fabecoool:
Personally, I am really disappointed with Samsung leaving 10 million plus SGS owners off the ICS train (especially because of their touchwiz that sucks), and I wanna show it to them by not buying their products. I'm still waiting for a stable custom ics sgs rom. I would have eyed the galaxy nexus, but it kind of bothers me that it's samsung. but it does not have the touchwiz and will get updates fast.

I'm quite fed up with the so called android fragmentation, but don't want to go the apple way. I want more nexus-like products with clean android and fast updates. Guess I'm screwed...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikemases:
I don't think we are being left off the ICS train...

ubergizmo.com/2012/01/samsung-value-pack-is-ice-cream-sandwich-with-a-lite-version-of-touchwiz

Somebody mis-translated the original Korean statement and it all went a bit mad on here. No reason to boycott Samsung anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sjdean:
Im hoping the S3 isn't too far around the corner. As much as I would have gone for the recent Nexus S or whatever it is, its specs leave me cold. No memory slot? Pfft.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] imnotapimp:
+1 probably get the S3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] skibbi_pl:
After one year with my SGS I'm still totally satisfied with it. I can read ebooks, play games or watch movies without any problems. Currently I don't need more memory, higer resolution screen or multicore processor. But perhaps when SGS III hits the market and devs/modders will start playing with it, I'll probably buy it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] agbemenu:
I'm waiting for the s3. Hope it is announced at the CES
[Galaxy S I9000 General] teox_:
I suggest you buy the Galaxy nexus, it's great!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AntAust1513:
This value pack does sound a little cheap. I bet its a few new wallpapers Haha. I personally like Samsung a lot but I'm disappointed by the decision.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrAndroid12:
but still, it is better than samsung doing nothing
[Galaxy S I9000 General] snapper.fishes:
The value pack isn't happening.

To OP: Wait for the SIII. The Note is just ridiculously oversized for a phone. I have seen people talking on it, and it looks stupid. You might as well walk around with a laptop stuck to your face. That way, at least no one can tell who you are.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pynex:
I'm waiting. For the moment i'm satisfied with my Galaxy S. No need (for me) to buy a new one. And there will be new Roms for it,too. :D

The Galaxy note isn't a Smartphone - it's a very small tablet. For a smartphone it's too big, and for a tablet too small. Odd product.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Leonardus97:
SGS3. Nothing else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] w98seeng:
I think I'm lucky in that my contract ends in November and when I sign up for a new one (not sure with whom yet), I will get a new phone. If the S3 comes out in the 1st half of 1012, by November, it will be less expensive and I can get it cheaper.

I am super happy with my SGS and for what I use my phone for, I don't really need a new one, but I guess for 4G or LTE it's worth it, and it will be cheap since I will get it on a contract.

Ian
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shoguncito:
same here i can change phone in december, and am waiting for post ces releases to see what comes next, anything with tegra 3 or samsungs equivalent
[Galaxy S I9000 General] godsmack002anu:
will be waiting for galaxy S III,should be a spectacular device.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] soudy1994:
am thinking of the galaxy nexus or galaxy s III
[Epic 4G General] jwolf1:
The "Nobody knows what the hell's going on with the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab," saga continues today (see Part 1 and Part 2, Part 3) with the latest news now being that Samsung has no intentions of delivering a "Value Pack" upgrade. According to a Samsung source who spoke to The Next Web:

Samsung "will not offer the update due to the hardware specifications of the older Galaxy devices, in that they are limited to and fully optimised for the Gingerbread experience."

That'll likely frustrate some Galaxy S owners but realistically, it's not in anyway surprising. As for the Galaxy Tab, while it's not mentioned specifically -- it's safe to assume that's lumped in there as well. Luckily, there is plenty of custom ROM's floating around to keep you busy if you're that upset over the matter. guess were never getting ics for epichttp://www.androidcentral.com/no-samsung-ics-value-pack-coming
[Epic 4G General] txtmikhail:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1401778
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Any chance we can kind of lump all these "we're getting it/ we're not getting it" threads into one?
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Samsung needs a foot far up their ass this time. I know we'll get cm9, and I know we've already gotten several updates, but this update obviously has enough user demand and Samsung is straight up LYING to the public about why they won't update the gs1...
[Epic 4G General] mass124:
Dude they are ALWAYS changing idea concerning the galaxy S and updates. If it's like with gingerbread and froyo you'll get it, but you will be going to have to wait like 6 months.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkyG82:
I have tried Andromadus, Desire s port and ICS for desire z. Although the battery is better with each release, it still drain really fast.

When I say drain I mean in use. Not really noticed typical 'battery drain' from background services etc.

My DD has been various versions of Miui or CM7 for a few months and the battery is great.

Loads of people are saying that battery is good on ICS but I just don't see it.

Am I doing something wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noneabove:
Well let's start knocking stuff off a list...

For each of these, think about what it's like on ICS compared to MIUI or CM7:

Brightness setting

Screen time on

Music time

WiFi time

3G time

Browsing/syncing time

Different apps running in background (how many do you kill if any on either?)

Any apps replacing stock ones? (messaging mainly)

Number of messages

Sound/vibrate on or off

Think about if these are equal for both. I've noticed mainly and largely that my battery drain from having 3G turned on is SIGNIFICANTLY lower than on MIUI, just an example.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkyG82:
Brightness set to auto on both.

Screen set to 1 minute auto off on both. Running time is just general use (as a heavy user).

Haven't used music for a little while.

So far most of my testing was on wifi so that and 3G were left alone.

As for usage and apps. I use stock apps on both. And any apps that I added were added on both.

Vibrate/sound were mostly the same on both with haptics turned on but selection sounds off.

As far as I can tell, without testing again to get the battery stats, my usage was standard for me but ICS uses battery like a machine. Oh and no app killing.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extrahalo:
My observations are the same as yours no builds of ICS gave me more battery life than MIUI and CM roms.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kierren:
I wasn't getting great battery life on ICS either until this morning when I flashed Virtuous Quattro. I'd say it's just as good as what I was getting on GB.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkyG82:
'Good' to see others are getting similar results.

I'll keep an eye on updates as they are bound to improve just as GB roms have.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agazza:
with andromadus im back at a days batterylife, with ILWT cm7 i get about 27 hours use, 7 hours is of course when im sleeping, but i get 8 hours of music with some pauses for games.

here you can see where im playing games, and when im just listening to music

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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohazrd51:
Mine hasn't been too bad. This was with AndroICS. Took it off the charger Christmas morning around 7-730am. Was out and about all day with some moderate use (ya know, to keep my sane around the family), wifi on probably half the time.

Then again I don't know how well battery stats are tracked in that ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
This is how to flash Ice Cream Sandwich!

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How to Root Your Skyrocket??:confused:??

>You will need Samsung drivers download here OR Here!

>>IF running 2.3.5 than click here Or Here for root.

>>>On your Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket go to Enable “Unknown Sources” in Settings >> Applications. This is located in the menu by going to Menu, Settings, the Applications.

>>>>Enable USB debugging by going to Menu, Settings, Applications, Development and checking USB debugging.

>>>>>Once you’ve downloaded and installed the above, plug your Skyrocket into your computer USB port. If you have a USB in the back plug it up in the back. Some ports work better than others that is key.

>>>>>>Make sure you’ve extracted the Skyrocket-Easy-Root.

>>>>>>>On a Windows computer, especially Windows 7 you will need to right click on the root.bat file in the extracted folder and run as Administrator. For some it might work without doing it, but I highly advise running as administrator. Now, I got confused because my phone keep failing after all yellow screen and all the text…KEEP TRYING. If it fails and you don’t see the Super User app on your phone then try another port. I tried and tried on my desktop but for some reason I ran it on my laptop and it worked perfectly. Remember to run as Administrator by right clicking the root.bat file.

If you have a Mac or Linux computers, install “Linux-Mac.sh”

>>IF running 2.3.6 than click here for root. Follow instruction on the thread!!!!!!!

<;> You have Done it NOOB!:eek:! Congratulation On Your first step!!:D!!

How to Flash CWM Recovery??:confused:??

After Rooting your phone.

# Go to market and Download Rom manager.

## Go To Rom manager.

### Press Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.

#### And Chose T-mobile Galaxy s2.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Video about how to get ready to start flashing!

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How to Flash a ROM??:confused:??

Basic Steps

! Choose the ROM that you want and download its .zip file

!! Transfer the zip file to your phone’s sd card. Do not put it into any folder.

!!! Turn off your phone and reboot into recovery, usually by holding the down button and power button at the same time.

!!!! Do a Nandroid backup

!!!!! Wipe the phone 3 times by clearing cache/factory restore 3 times and wiping dalvik cache and system format

!!!!!! Flash the zip file that you put on your sd card

!!!!!!! Reboot phone

You can find all ROMS here.

How to backup your current ROM??:confused:??

Easy Way!

-Open ROM Manager.

--Tap Backup Current ROM.

---Leave the filename as the date or change it to whatever you want.

Hard Way!

Get into CWR!

Scroll down to backup and restore!

Press backup.

How to Restore Your backup??:confused:??

If You used ROM manager than!

Go to manage and restore backups!

And press the one you like to restore!

If you have Nandroid than!

Go to CWR!

Scroll down to backup and restore!

Press restore!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
How to flash Kernel??:confused:??

_Download the Kernel You want to flash and put it in sd card.

__Boot in to CWM!

___Wipe cache!

____Press install from Sd card!

_____Select the kernel that you dloaded!

______Flash it!

_______Reboot!

________Check in CPU SPY to see if you successfully flashed Kernel.

You can find all the Kernel here!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
These will set you back to Stock and Unroot Your phone.​

Welcome Finally You have made it here. Well now I know that you are little worried bout your phone but Let me tell you that there is noting to worry about.

Make sure you are relaxed because if you are tensioned than you will most likely screw things up. Do me a favor and watch this video. Relax get beer or Watch Funny videos on Youtube.

“Never ever unplug your phone when you are Flashing”

Drivers You will need!

! Odin 1.85

!! USB Drivers

!!! Skyrocket Stock Recovery.tar file ATT Or Rogers

Extract the contents of odin-185.zip and the 7zip archive.

Run Odin3+v1.85.exe, and prepare Odin:

Check "auto-reboot", and uncheck all other options.

Install Usb Drivers and Unzip the Recovery file and put it to safe place.

Main Process.

Try to get in Download Mode.

) Connect USB to computer but not your Phone.

))Take out and put back in the battery.

)))Then, hold Vol + and Vol - , now plug in USB and you will at the following screen that’s in picture.

))))Press Volume Up button now.

Finally You have made it to Download mode.

If in case this does not work for you than and you are still luck enough to go into CWM than do factory reset and flash any stock rom. And do all this steps again.

Ok so after getting into Download Mode.

-Go ahead and Go to Odin (Check "auto-reboot", and uncheck all other options).

--In Odin check PDA and find the recovery.tar file that you downloaded.

Now Press Start (Check "auto-reboot", and uncheck all other options.)

When you are done Your screen will look like one below.

It should now reboot to recovery and delete cache and data. Then, it will boot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Android311:
I like this alot! Ill definantly save this page
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Will Ask MOD to see what he thinks about sticky.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CZ Eddie:
Cannot have spaces in the file name though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] niezek:
I wish this kind of guide was around when I was a noob back in the captivate days I had to read for weeks before I learned how/decided to root. Great job!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
This is what happens when i wake up in middle of the night and don't have anything to do. I have problem with sleep once I wake up in middle of sleep its almost imposible for me to go back to sleep. Last night I was little sick so woke up and had idea about doing this long time ago but last night was the time dedicated to this work. On top of all this I had 8 hour of work. I just got of and about to pass out. Any way thought I would share my little story. This is only a little help from me to this great community. Thanks all and Enjoy11;)!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Very well done. Did you pm jay harper and ask him to sticky this yet?

---------- Post added at 08:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 PM ----------

I just pm'd mr harper and asked him to sticky it. I hope he does very informative, and well typed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jayharper08:
Looks good :)

Stuck like Chuck......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Thank you. MR. Boss man SIR
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jayharper08:
Watch it ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Thank You. Seen Many thread about this stuff so thought I would write one for noobs. ha:Dha

Thank You Mr. BOSS MAN!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jayharper08:
Eeeeeeaaaaaaasssssssyyyyyy ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Swiftks:
Not a N00B by any means (I have a N00B Guide too :p). Anyways, I don't even own this phone, but will be rooting and tinkering with my friends Skyrocket tomorrow. In preparation I had a couple of questions, as most all other brand phones seem to be so different from my Motorola Atrix. Thanks in advance for your help.

- Ok root seems pretty straight forward, no issues here.

1) After I've rooted the phone, do I install CWM via ROM Manager? If yes, I'm assuming I choose Samsung AT&T GS2, or should I choose the T-Mobile version (don't know why I would since he's on AT&T)?

2) Have seen posts that ROM Manager both works and it doesn't... which is it? Should I only use it flash CWM, and boot into CWM (as a shortcut)? What's this about installing CWM via a kernel which has it baked in; how can I install a kernel without first booting into CWM?

3) So is the bootloader on this thing locked or unlocked? If it's locked, is there an unlock process yet; i.e. fastboot?

Thanks again for the help... like I said, not my phone, just helping a friend... info. ought to come in handy though when I move to a Samsung phone in the future; waiting on the SGS III. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
1) After I've rooted the phone, do I install CWM via ROM Manager? If yes, I'm assuming I choose Samsung AT&T GS2, or should I choose the T-Mobile version (don't know why I would since he's on AT&T)?

Chose T-mobile Galaxy S2

2) Have seen posts that ROM Manager both works and it doesn't... which is it? Should I only use it flash CWM, and boot into CWM (as a shortcut)? What's this about installing CWM via a kernel which has it baked in; how can I install a kernel without first booting into CWM?

Well i don't know about kernel that has baked in it. All Kernels on Skyrocket are .zip files and can flash in CWM. And you can flash it through Rom manager.

3) So is the bootloader on this thing locked or unlocked? If it's locked, is there an unlock process yet; i.e. fastboot?

Sammy always has bootloader unlocked so its unlocked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Swiftks:
Thanks for the quick reply... simple enough... just wanted to make sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] austinm08:
This is the n00b thread... so I have a n00b question. What does SOD stand for?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Software Guy:
Thank you for this! I bricked my Infuse (my own fault) got it unbricked after getting the Skyrocket. I have ICS on my Asus Transformer prime and love it because it's not bloated. I'm going to read and ponder for a few days but I definitely want a custom rom. Then, maybe I'll get off my lazy a$$ and get the SDK and create an app!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Lnasty360:
i must be an idiot or insane i just put ics leak via odin on my skyrocketand to root i cant for the life of me get into freakin stock recovery mode ive held every rocker down in every which way and im about to shoot myself vol up vol down power button then vol up and power then vol down and power please help before its to late i am a noob for the mostpart thanx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
You don't need to get into stock recovery mode to flash CWM and root. Put it back into download mode and flash CWM via odin. THen you can get into CWM by shutting off your phone and holding vol + - and power buttons. When first samsung logo appears release power button only and stay holding vol buttons until cwm screen comes on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] devil24:
Thanks for the awesome guide!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] distortion:
The ODIN link and the link for the drivers is down...any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Download from somewhere else. and use the sammobile tar!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rojov123:
I was soo bored with nothing to do.. and re-read the whole thing for the past 20 mins. sigh. Great job though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jamng:
In the guide it says for CWM recovery backup to leave it as the date. I don't think I was ever given a choice. Is there any reason I couldn't rename the directory to a more useful name so that I can remember ROM version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] marvin02:
Yes you can rename the backup. If you need to restore the backup you may have to revert the name to the one CWM gave it, so just add to the name so you can go back to the original name. Some characters in the filenames have been reported to cause MD5 errors when restoring. This problem is not present in all versions of CWM and may not effect you depending on what version you have.

Another good idea is to make a copy of your backups off of the sd card/phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jamng:
Thanks for the idea. I hadn't thought of just copying the backups off of the sd card/phone. I can keep the filename/folder and just put it into a folder with some name that gives me more info without tinkering with the backup then.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 24karat^:
i have an unlocked SGH-i727r (i'm currently on another network) and i want to change the rom will it be locked to Rogers after i change rom? Or while it stay unlocked?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CrowdedCranium:
By definition of unlocked you can change roms from different carriers as long as their network is compatible with your phone. As I understand the definition of unlocked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Lilbrian15:
Thank you so much, this guide really helps, I've been debating whether to leave my phone the way it is but it's too boring, after stumbling across this thread I can say I was able to successfully root and install a custom rim for the first time:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bdpla:
This guide made the transition from iPhone to Android painless and very quick. Thanks a lot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Roxr:
Thank you very much appdroid for all your efforts in this post, as long as you can read and follow directions then this guide is very simple. I would hit the thanks button but I don't see one atm (I'm guessing you must have 10 post minimum to get that) When I make it to ten you will be the first thanked post...

After I posted the "Thanks button appeared" thanked on all posts in this thread :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TK 421:
Good guide, extremely basic but fills in some terminology.

Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] sKiNz-PouNdeR:
This is a great starters guide. I had spent weeks debating to Flash a ROM even though I had rooted my phone the Day I got it.

As long as you follow the Dev's guides word for word - ur safe. It's actually very easy as long as you follow what they say!

_____________________

Device: I727R

ROM: NexusMod ICS Zero
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NooBLesS:
Flashing a new rom doesn't affect whether the phone is locked or unlocked. If its unlocked it will stay like that. Flashing Roms only show/provide you the power of open source. Have fun with your phone!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mahanddeem:
Hello

I am coming from Nexus S to the skyrocket....

If the phone is on CWM recovery mode , can I use cmd / adb command from my PC ? like to delete or modify things ?

I use this method to empty the unusful crap from phone like att bloatwear...Do you use any other method ? will never root please.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] warp8x:
[REF] All in One guide for NOOBS!

I'm waiting to be eligible to upgrade to this Skyrocket. Just reading up on all the wonderful things I'm going to do it. :D

Thank you all for the advice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CrowdedCranium:
While your waiting get a windows live skydrive and a google drive. The "cloud" storage is a big help. Most recent handiness, I had started copying the "my Pictures" folder over to the big SkyDrive along with Genealogy subfolder and its subfolders. I ran across a distant cousin I had no idea existed who had some scans of old photos which were not in my gathering of common ancestors. I was able to just link them over from my collection. I am still waiting for her to wade through her's and attach to emails and send them. I will probably be gone to the sands of time before they get sent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nixdawg1:
Awesome guide, thanks.